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For example, for friends to lovers, it will look like: site:reddit.com/r/romancebooks FRIENDS TO LOVERS. } else { Did I mention the hero is a handsome fairy prince in leather? published 1991, avg rating 4.01 The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Any romance novels where the heroine has a near death experience. While there are plenty of Annes and Annies, names like Lark Morgan (A Wanted Man, by Linda Lael Miller) and Evelyn Starr Johnson (Only You, by Elizabeth Lowell) also feel right at home in the western setting. Click the Magic Search Button in our sidebar which will take you to a google webpage. Mainly for assault, drug and alcohol abuse, and rape. The Hero is -usually- a big protector-type, and will -again, usually- help the heroine but without magically making all her problems disappear. function isShowingBuyableFeatures() { function q(c, r) { , Privacy Policy. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, site:reddit.com/r/romancebooks FRIENDS TO LOVERS. Hey guys.. so Ive DNFed like a thousand books and I just cant seem to get back to my reading jumbo yknow lol. // if(cookiePair[0] === name) { Only thing I'm not comfortable with is sexual assault. //]]> var useSSL = "https:" == document.location.protocol; [CDATA[ googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; Shes cursed! Thats wonderful thing about a high concept science-fiction setting: the sky is the limit when it comes to picking names. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("sid", "osid.bdf2a79c258d49eb0ddb80cdbad08003"); He will cut you if necessary, though. When kissed by a handsome fairy prince in leather, she complains that he smells like motorcycle exhaust. //, Hi, this may sound bizarre, but one of my guilty pleasures is when the heroine is living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to eat and pay rent and she works really hard at keeping her head above water. Jennifer Ashley (Goodreads Author) (shelved 5 times as heroine-almost-dies) avg rating 4.05 36,342 ratings published 2009. Okay, it isnt romance its technically sci-fi but the Divergent series has a strong heroine lead and I loved the ending that was not expected at all. return false; published 2005, avg rating 3.64 } var cookie = cookies[i]; published 1984, avg rating 3.90 var isRetina = window.devicePixelRatio >= 2; // retina display 1,959 ratings function q(c, r) { Lol. }); 7,046 ratings 2,348 ratings return true; Every list will have a theme, and I am definitely open to requests! //